‎Lessing‎

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Sirian Experiments: The Report by Ambien II of the Five - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224018914 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with publisher's price-sticker of £6.95. Signed and inscribed by Lessing in April 1981 to Ingmar Bjorksten - a Swedish writer who has been connected to the Nobel Prize committee - 26 years before Lessing received the award. An attractive and scarce association copy; In her Canopus in Argos series Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual cultural and social issues. Volume III returns to the planet Shikasta of Vol. I this time telling the story of human history and evolution from the Sirian perspective a more bureaucratic and less advanced civilization. Booker Prize shortlisted in 1981; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 3; 8vo ; xii 288 4 pages; Note: Last two leaves blank ; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19744 ISBN : 0224018914 9780224018913

‎Lessing, Doris May‎

‎The Story of a Non-Marrying Man and Other Stories Signed‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1972. First Edition First Printing. British. Very Good/Good. <br /> <br /> Signed with an inscription by Doris Lessing with the date of 18 February 1988 on the title page.<br /> <br /> Dark purple boards with gilt spine titles; 8 inches tall; 11-318 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light even age-toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Discard stamp from Library of Congress. The dust jacket with the price of 1.95 pounds has edge and corner wear.<br /> <br /> Uncommon to find signed. A collection of short stories that explores a wide range of themes from social and political issues to deeply personal and psychological insights. <br /> <br /> While each story stands on its own they collectively offer a rich exploration of human nature relationships and the societal constructs that shape individual lives.<br /> <br /> This book fits within Lessing's larger body of work contributing to her reputation as one of the most insightful and challenging writers of the 20th century. Adapted from Reviews<br /> <br /> Themes: Challenging Societal Norms; Gender Roles and Freedom; Power Dynamics; Individual Happiness vs. Social Expectations; Satire and Irony. Jonathan Cape Ltd unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19506

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎THE STORY OF GENERAL DANN AND MARA'S DAUGHTER GRIOT AND THE SNOW DOG‎

‎New York New York: HarperCollins 2005. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Octavo 282 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is white with black lettering. Wraps have mild shelving wear along extremities and moderate foxing. Text block edges mildly scuffed head edge moderately foxed and has a faint gray liquid stain along fore edge pp.197-282. Shelved Room C. 1396082. Special Collections. HarperCollins unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1396082 ISBN : 006053012x 9780060530129

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog: A Novel‎

‎Harper 2006-01-03. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : Q-006053012X ISBN : 006053012X 9780060530129

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎THE STORY OF GENERAL DANN AND MARA'S DAUGHTER GRIOT AND THE SNOW DOG‎

‎<p>London: Fourth Estate 2005. First edition first prnt. <em>Signed</em> by Lessing on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sequel to <em>Mara and Dann.</em></p> Fourth Estate hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60814 ISBN : 0007152809 9780007152803

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎THE SUMMER BEFORE THE DARK Signed‎

‎London UK: Jonathan Cape 1973. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Small Octavo 241 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Red spine with gilt and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mlyar covering price is uncut "£1.95 net" has has mild shelving wear and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild age-toning along the head and tail edges denting along the front fore edge and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has stains on the end-pages mild wear along the edges mild age-toning along the edges and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. Shelved Room C. 1391301. Special Collections. Jonathan Cape hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1391301 ISBN : 0224008323 9780224008327

‎LESSING, Doris‎

‎The Summer Before the Dark.‎

‎<p>New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1973. <em><strong>Signed by the author on the title page</strong></em>. First edition / First printing. paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Faint line pencil mark to the painted top edge of the text near the spine. <em><strong>Doris Lessing was the 2007 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.</strong></em></p> Alfred A. Knopf, hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19043 ISBN : 0394484282 9780394484280

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Summer Before the Dark‎

‎Vintage 1983-03-12. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : Q-0394710959 ISBN : 0394710959 9780394710952

‎LESSING, Doris‎

‎The Summer Before the Dark.‎

‎London Jonathan Cape 1973. . First edition first impression inscribed by the author; 8vo; publisher's grey boards titles to spine gilt grey topstain cream endpapers with the dust jacket. An exceptional copy in the price-clipped dust jacket.<br /> With the author's signed presentation inscription to the title page 'Clive Sinclair Sincerely Doris Lessing 23rd May 1980'. Clive Sinclair was an author and fellow winner of the Somerset Maugham Award which Lessing had won some two decades earlier.<br /> London, Jonathan Cape, 1973. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 106241

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Summer Before the Dark‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape 1971. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Jonathan Cape hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18076

‎Lessing, Doris; Doris Lessing‎

‎The Summer Before The Dark A Bantam Book‎

‎Toronto ON Canada New York and London: A Bantam Book/ Published by Arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 1974. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Bantam Edition Published October 1974. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 247 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on pages. Minimal damage on spine. A Bantam Book/ Published by Arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2iiiAc0006f

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎THE SUMMER BEFORE THE DARK‎

‎London: Jonathon Cape 1973 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's brown cloth gilt titles to the spine in a lovely bright pc. dustwrapper with just a hint of edgewear. 8vo. 241 pp. London: Jonathon Cape, (1973) hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20124

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Sweetest Dream‎

‎cassette. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 075311383X.G ISBN : 075311383X 9780753113837

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Sweetest Dream: A Novel‎

‎Harper 2002-02-05. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : Q-0066213347 ISBN : 0066213347 9780066213347

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Sweetest Dream: A Novel‎

‎Harper Perennial 2002-12-24. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : Q-0060937556 ISBN : 0060937556 9780060937553

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Sweetest Dream‎

‎New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2002. True First American Edition 1st Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Susan Derges jacket photo. Number Line: 02 03 04 05 06 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Stated First Edition. February 2002. This novel reflects our recent history like a many-faceted mirror and is full of people not easily forgotten each - for worse or for better directly or indirectly - made by war. front flap 479 pp. Book has black cloth spine with silver gilt text grey paper covered boards. Spine ends slightly rubbed ow book is as new. Price clipped DJ has top edge/shelf wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 133336. <br/> <br/> HarperCollins Publishers hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003336 ISBN : 0066213347 9780066213347

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Temptation of Jack Orkney - SIGNED on the day of publication‎

‎London: Cape 1978. Brown cloth covered hard boards with gilt lettering to spine. In the original dust jacket unclipped £5.50 net. Inscribed "Thank you Doris 5.10.78". From the library of Tom Maschler though without his bookplate who was for many years Lessing's publisher at Jonathan Cape. Book is in just about Fine condition. Dust wrapper is faded to spine as usually found otherwise clean and undamaged. Cape hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19926

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎The Temptation of Jack Orkney and Other Stories.‎

‎New York: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394482441 . First edition. From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn. Warm INSCRIPTION in year of publication from Doris Lessing to Nathaniel Tarn on front end-paper. She writes a paragraph below the inscription. Fine in fine dust jacket. 308pp. A notable association. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages . Knopf hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3117749 ISBN : 0394482441 9780394482446

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎THE WIND BLOWS AWAY OUR WORDS Signed‎

‎New York New York: Vintage Books: Random House 1987. First Paperback Edition First Printing. Softcover. Small octavo 171 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is blue with white lettering. Wraps have mild shelving wear along spine head and rear head joint. Textblock has light foxing along head edge. Signed flat on title page. Shelved Room C. 1399737. Special Collections. Vintage Books: Random House unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1399737 ISBN : 0394755049 9780394755045

‎LESSING, Doris‎

‎This was the Old Chief's Country.‎

‎New York Thomas Y. Crowell 1951. . First US edition signed by the author; 8vo; original red cloth spine lettered in gilt dust jacket.<br /> Signed by the author to the title page. The author's first collection of short stories. A good copy extremities of jacket a worn and chipped light age toning and soiling front flap loose. Worn and creased along the edges of the boards.<br /> New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, [1951]. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 116074

‎Lessing, Doris,‎

‎This Was the Old Chief's Country‎

‎new. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1421137-n ISBN : 0586091130 9780586091135

‎LESSING, Doris‎

‎This Was the Old Chief's Country. Stories‎

‎London: Michael Joseph 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small soil spot on spine endpapers and edges lightly foxed else a very good copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has light toning. Author's first collection of short stories. Michael Joseph hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 517146

‎LESSING, Doris‎

‎This Was the Old Chief's Country.‎

‎London: Michael Joseph 1951. Her first short story collection First edition of Lessing's first book of short stories inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Yours very sincerely Doris Lessing 6th March 1966". A collection of stories set in Africa this is Lessing's second book following her debut novel The Grass is Singing 1950. Octavo. Original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Neat ownership signature to front free endpaper. Spine slightly cocked and faded lightly chipped at head and foot; jacket slightly rubbed spine chipped and toned a few tiny nicks to extremities unclipped: a very good copy in very good jacket. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 164596

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎This Was The Old Chief's Country‎

‎Michael Joseph 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. A first edition first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions. Some spotting to the page edges and a little to the prelims. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some nicks to the edges and a little light loss to the spine tips. The spine is a little browned. Author's scarce second novel. Michael Joseph hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9579

‎Lessing, Doris‎

‎This Was the Old Chief's Country: Collected African Stories - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 000225705X . A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in Fine dustjacket this copy is SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; This new collection of fourteen African stories paints a powerful picture of the South Africa Doris Lessing grew up in. In story after story she portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races and also the majestic beauty and timeless landscape of her homeland; Vol. 1; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14338 ISBN : 000225705X 9780002257053